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  • Cartoon Network
  • Apr 26, 1999
  • Cartoon Network
  • Apr 26, 1999

Summary Home Movies is a show about Brendon Small, a kid raised in a single parent home. He also directs his own home-made movies with best friends Jason and Melissa. It is made by Soup2Nuts using Squigglevision in the first season, and Flash in the second season and up.Home Movies was a short lived series on UPN in 1999, until Cartoon Network...

Created By: Loren Bouchard

  • Cartoon Network
  • Apr 26, 1999
  • Cartoon Network
  • Apr 26, 1999
Home Movies
Season 1
Season Premiere: Apr 26, 1999
Metascore Available after 4 critic reviews
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 11 User Ratings
8.3
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Summary Home Movies is a show about Brendon Small, a kid raised in a single parent home. He also directs his own home-made movies with best friends Jason and Melissa. It is made by Soup2Nuts using Squigglevision in the first season, and Flash in the second season and up.Home Movies was a short lived series on UPN in 1999, until Cartoon Network...

Created By: Loren Bouchard

Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Apr 26, 1999 • 23 m
Get Away from My Mom
Brendon's mother Paula announces her plans to go on a date with Brendon's soccer coach, Mr. McGuirk.
Episode 2 • May 3, 1999 • 23 m
I Don't Do Well in Parent-Teacher Conferences
Brendon fails to give an oral report in school, so his mother is asked to attend a parent-teacher conference. However, she can't keep her sanity in such a situation.
Episode 3 • May 10, 1999 • 23 m
The Art of the Sucker Punch
After Jason is dragged through the mud by the school bully, Shannon, Brendon plots a rather selfish revenge match.
Episode 4 • May 17, 1999 • 23 m
Brendon Gets Rabies
Brendon volunteers to take care of a vacationing couple's pet cat. However, it escapes its house and later turns up with rabies.
Episode 5 • May 24, 1999 • 22 m
Yoko
While on a camping trip, Brendon and a female classmate, Loni, start becoming an item, but Melissa and Jason can't stand the newest member of their movie troupe. Meanwhile, a foreign student plays a nasty prank on McGuirk.
Episode 6 • Sep 2, 2001 • 23 m
Director's Cut
Duane wants to produce a rock opera based on Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" but runs into some stiff opposition from Brendon and his own project, a fictional meeting between Louis Braille and Louis Pasteur.
Episode 7 • Sep 9, 2001 • 23 m
It Was Supposed to Be Funny
Brendon films a documentary about Melissa's grandfather that was supposed to be funny.
Episode 8 • Sep 16, 2001 • 21 m
Method of Acting
Brendon auditions for a play and Paula teaches a creative writing class.
Episode 9 • Sep 23, 2001 • 21 m
Life Through a Fisheye Lens
Brendon tries to get a fisheye lens for his camera.
Episode 10 • Sep 30, 2001 • 23 m
School Nurse
Brendon fakes being sick so the school nurse will send him home.
Episode 11 • Sep 30, 2001 • 23 m
Mortgages & Marbles
Brendon's baby sister Josie has a habit of shoving marbles into her nostrils, so he produces an educational film about this for extra credit in class. Coach McGuirk also turns to Erik for advice about buying a new house.
Episode 12 • Oct 7, 2001 • 23 m
Law and Boarder
Brendon gets hit by a car while riding his bike and has to go to court because he broke the law.
Episode 13 • Oct 7, 2001 • 22 m
Brendon's Choice
Brendon, Melissa & Jason win an award for their movie, but an interview makes Brendon curious about his father.

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Brendon Small

Brendon Small, Various, Walter

H. Jon Benjamin

Jason Penopolis, Coach John McGuirk, Perry

Melissa Bardin Galsky

Melissa Robbins

Ron Lynch

Ronald Lynch

Janine Ditullio

Paula Small

Sam Seder

Fenton Mulley, Cho, Mr. Pendlehurst

Jonathan Katz

Eric Robbins, Erik Robbins

Bill Braudis

Various, Acting Teacher, Client

Laura Silverman

Linda, Freda, Improv Girl

Jen Kirkman

Cynthia, Nurse Kirkman, Doris

Paula Poundstone

Paula Small

Will Le Bow

Jimmy Monet, Angry Fan, Charlie, Junior Addleburg, Larry, Ned Robbins, Richard

Louis C.K.

Andrew Small

Mitch Hedberg

Dr. Fizzel, Eulogist, Mitch, Police Officer

Paula Plum

Mrs. Peabody, Trudy Mulley

Andy Kindler

Arnold Lindenson

Emo Philips

Shannon

Kelly Kimball

Stephanie

Maria Bamford

Erik's Girlfriend, Journal-Writing Instructor

Eugene Mirman

Eugene

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80
Jul 3, 2013
"Home Movies" isn't a typical cartoon; slapstick makes up a small percentage of its humor, and dry wit makes up more of its content than farcical antics, which are by no means absent. Fans of "The Simpsons" or "The Family Guy" will want to give "Home Movies" a look; it's less barbed, considerably more thoughtful and brilliantly... timed.
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70
Jul 1, 2013
More than smart enough to make you wonder why it's on UPN.
By Joel Stein FULL REVIEW
67
Jun 27, 2013
Home Movies meanders, but patient viewers will be amused.
By Terry Kelleher FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Universal Acclaim Based on 11 User Ratings
8.3
91% Positive
10 Ratings
0% Mixed
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9% Negative
1 Rating

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Universal Acclaim Based on 11 User Ratings
8.3
91% Positive
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0% Mixed
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9% Negative
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